Re: Thunderchief.org Now Open

[Paul Hirose]

Oops, the first thing I should have mentioned is the webmaster email
address on your site. It's unprotected from spambots. Maybe you should
remove it temporarily until countermeasures are installed. In the
meantime, people can communicate with you via the guestbook.

This article presents the results of an experiment where email
addresses were deliberately placed in various places to see how much
spam they would attract. Addresses on Web pages drew lots of spam.

http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml

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Paul Hirose >
To reply by email delete INVALID from address.

[Frank Hitlaw]

Ed Rasimus > wrote in message >...
> Ahh, now that I'm basking in the relative relief of a diligently
> exercised kill-file, I've finally stopped screwing around and created
> a Web site. www.thunderchief.org.
>
> (I'm not really an entire ".org" all by myself, but someone years
> earlier than I already grabbed onto the .com and .net domain names.)
>
> I confess, its a merciless flogging of the books, first and foremost,
> but there is also some political discussion, some unpublished work,
> some pictures that didn't make it to the books, some reviews and
> comments about the two books, and even a section for some wines and
> restaurants.
>
> There will be lots of stuff added along the way, but right now there's
> enough to get started.
>
> Take a look and let me know what you think. www.thunderchief.org
>
>
> Ed Rasimus
> Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
> "When Thunder Rolled"
> "Phantom Flights, Bangkok Nights"
> Both from Smithsonian Books
> ***www.thunderchief.org


Ed;

We are about as far apart as anyone can get in our political
thinking for sure.But, I really think that the site is excellent and I
am looking forward to more great flying stories. I think that another
topic for a book should be more toward the nuts and bolts of being a
fighter pilot.Some of your posts dealing with tactics and the hows and
whys of fighting and flying are exceptional.
Keep the good stuff coming,
Frank;

[Ed Rasimus]

On 9 Aug 2004 19:00:28 -0700, (Frank Hitlaw)
wrote:

>
> Ed;
>
> We are about as far apart as anyone can get in our political
>thinking for sure.But, I really think that the site is excellent and I
>am looking forward to more great flying stories. I think that another
>topic for a book should be more toward the nuts and bolts of being a
>fighter pilot.Some of your posts dealing with tactics and the hows and
>whys of fighting and flying are exceptional.
> Keep the good stuff coming,
> Frank;

Fear not, Fred. I'm not going to make the web site a personal podium
for political posturing and positions (excuse the blatant
alliteration.)

I'll post interesting stuff that I encounter or editorials that I
might be prompted to write. I've been teaching political science at
the local community college for the last six or seven years, and have
taken a lot of pride in avoiding the indoctrination mode and trying to
get young people to think.

You can't get a leopard to change spots, but in certain lights, the
leopard can look either very dark or very light and sometimes not
spotted at all.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
"Phantom Flights, Bangkok Nights"
Both from Smithsonian Books
***www.thunderchief.org

[Merlin Dorfman]

Ed Rasimus > wrote:
> Ahh, now that I'm basking in the relative relief of a diligently
> exercised kill-file, I've finally stopped screwing around and created
> a Web site. www.thunderchief.org.

> (I'm not really an entire ".org" all by myself, but someone years
> earlier than I already grabbed onto the .com and .net domain names.)

Is "thud.com" taken? :-)

[Ed Rasimus]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:51:24 +0000 (UTC), Merlin Dorfman
> wrote:

>Ed Rasimus > wrote:
>> Ahh, now that I'm basking in the relative relief of a diligently
>> exercised kill-file, I've finally stopped screwing around and created
>> a Web site. www.thunderchief.org.
>
>> (I'm not really an entire ".org" all by myself, but someone years
>> earlier than I already grabbed onto the .com and .net domain names.)
>
> Is "thud.com" taken? :-)

It probably is. It is a bit of an affectation I know, but I'm from the
period of F-105 drivers who don't use the term. If you've read "When
Thunder Rolled" you'll only find "Thud" used one time--that is in
reference to Thud Ridge, the landmark.

By late '66 and almost universally from '67 onward, the cross-trainees
that flowed into the aircraft began referring to it as the "Thud", but
if you talk to guys who were in the airplane prior to that time,
you'll find most of them calling it the "one-oh-five", the "'Chief",
the "Nickel" or some other pet name.

I've already got www.phantomflights.com in construction, focussed on
the new book as it gets closer to release. There is some info (and the
not-to-be-published pictures) from Phantom Flights on the
Thunderchief.org site. The cover blurbs from Walter Boyne, Mark
Berent, Tom Wilson, Dan Ford and Robin Olds are posted as well.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
"Phantom Flights, Bangkok Nights"
Both from Smithsonian Books
***www.thunderchief.org